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Diogenes Laertius, Lives Of The Philosophers, 4.40


nanOnce indeed, when at Athens, he stopped too long in the Piraeus, discussing themes, out of friendship for Hierocles, and for this he was censured by certain persons. He was very lavish, in short another Aristippus, and he was fond of dining well, but only with those who shared his tastes. He lived openly with Theodete and Phila, the Elean courtesans, and to those who censured him he quoted the maxims of Aristippus. He was also fond of boys and very susceptible. Hence he was accused by Ariston of Chios, the Stoic, and his followers, who called him a corrupter of youth and a shameless teacher of immorality.


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1. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 23.1 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

23.1. מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָר׃ 23.1. A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want."
2. Numenius Heracleensis, Fragments, 25 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

3. Cicero, Academica, 1.35 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.35. sed Zeno, cum Arcesilam Archesilaum p 1 w anteiret aetate valdeque subtiliter dissereret et peracute moveretur, corrigere conatus est disciplinam. eam quoque si videtur correctionem explicabo, sicut solebat Antiochus.” Mihi vero inquam videtur, quod vides idem significare Pomponium. VA. 'Zeno igitur nullo modo is erat qui ut Theophrastus nervos neruis p virtutis inciderit, incideret s Lb. -rent n sed contra qui omnia quae que om. s quaecumque Reid ad beatam vitam pertinerent in una virtute poneret nec quicquam aliud numeraret in bonis idque appellaret honestum quod esset simplex quoddam et solum et unum bonum.
4. Epictetus, Discourses, 2.20.20 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

5. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 8.1, 8.7, 8.9-8.10, 9.4-9.5, 9.12, 9.17, 9.19, 9.25, 10.25-10.32 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

8.1. Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we allhave knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 8.7. However, that knowledgeisn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now,eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, beingweak, is defiled. 8.9. But be careful that by no means does this liberty ofyours become a stumbling block to the weak. 8.10. For if a man seesyou who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't hisconscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed toidols? 9.4. Have we no right to eat and to drink? 9.5. Have we noright to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of theapostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 9.12. If others partake of this right overyou, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but webear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel ofChrist. 9.17. For if I do this of my own will, Ihave a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardshipentrusted to me. 9.19. For though I was free fromall, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 9.25. Every man who strives in thegames exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive acorruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 10.25. Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no questionfor the sake of conscience 10.26. for "the earth is the Lord's, andits fullness. 10.27. But if one of those who don't believe invitesyou to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set beforeyou, asking no questions for the sake of conscience. 10.28. But ifanyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for thesake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "theearth is the Lord's, and all its fullness. 10.29. Conscience, I say,not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judgedby another conscience? 10.30. If I partake with thankfulness, why am Idenounced for that for which I give thanks? 10.31. Whether thereforeyou eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 10.32. Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks,or to the assembly of God;
6. New Testament, Acts, 15.25, 15.28-15.29 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

15.25. it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul 15.28. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things: 15.29. that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.
7. Clement of Alexandria, Christ The Educator, 2.1.16.3 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

8. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 2.140, 4.29, 4.33, 7.160-7.162 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

2.140. All of these facts are mentioned by Lycophron in his satiric drama entitled Menedemus, which was composed as a tribute to him. Here is a specimen of it:And after a temperate feast the modest cup was passed round with discretion, and their dessert was temperate discourse for such as cared to listen.At first he was despised, being called a cynic and a humbug by the Eretrians. But afterwards he was greatly admired, so much so that they entrusted him with the government of the state. He was sent as envoy to Ptolemy and to Lysimachus, being honoured wherever he went. He was, moreover, envoy to Demetrius, and he caused the yearly tribute of two hundred talents which the city used to pay Demetrius to be reduced by fifty talents. And when he was accused to Demetrius of intriguing to hand over the city to Ptolemy, he defended himself in a letter which commences thus: 4.29. At first, before he left Pitane for Athens, he was a pupil of the mathematician Autolycus, his fellow-countryman, and with him he also travelled to Sardis. Next he studied under Xanthus, the musician, of Athens; then he was a pupil of Theophrastus. Lastly, he crossed over to the Academy and joined Crantor. For while his brother Moereas, who has already been mentioned, wanted to make him a rhetorician, he was himself devoted to philosophy, and Crantor, being enamoured of him, cited the line from the Andromeda of Euripides:O maiden, if I save thee, wilt thou be grateful to me?and was answered with the next line:Take me, stranger, whether for maidservant or for wife. 4.33. Some represent him as emulous of Pyrrho as well. He was devoted to dialectic and adopted the methods of argument introduced by the Eretrian school. On account of this Ariston said of him:Plato the head of him, Pyrrho the tail, midway Diodorus.And Timon speaks of him thus:Having the lead of Menedemus at his heart, he will run either to that mass of flesh, Pyrrho, or to Diodorus.And a little farther on he introduces him as saying:I shall swim to Pyrrho and to crooked Diodorus.He was highly axiomatic and concise, and in his discourse fond of distinguishing the meaning of terms. He was satirical enough, and outspoken. 7.160. 2. ARISTONAriston the Bald, of Chios, who was also called the Siren, declared the end of action to be a life of perfect indifference to everything which is neither virtue nor vice; recognizing no distinction whatever in things indifferent, but treating them all alike. The wise man he compared to a good actor, who, if called upon to take the part of a Thersites or of an Agamemnon, will impersonate them both becomingly. He wished to discard both Logic and Physics, saying that Physics was beyond our reach and Logic did not concern us: all that did concern us was Ethics. 7.161. Dialectical reasonings, he said, are like spiders' webs, which, though they seem to display some artistic workmanship, are yet of no use. He would not admit a plurality of virtues with Zeno, nor again with the Megarians one single virtue called by many names; but he treated virtue in accordance with the category of relative modes. Teaching this sort of philosophy, and lecturing in the Cynosarges, he acquired such influence as to be called the founder of a sect. At any rate Miltiades and Diphilus were denominated Aristoneans. He was a plausible speaker and suited the taste of the general public. Hence Timon's verse about him:One who from wily Ariston's line boasts his descent. 7.162. After meeting Polemo, says Diocles of Magnesia, while Zeno was suffering from a protracted illness, he recanted his views. The Stoic doctrine to which he attached most importance was the wise man's refusal to hold mere opinions. And against this doctrine Persaeus was contending when he induced one of a pair of twins to deposit a certain sum with Ariston and afterwards got the other to reclaim it. Ariston being thus reduced to perplexity was refuted. He was at variance with Arcesilaus; and one day when he saw an abortion in the shape of a bull with a uterus, he said, Alas, here Arcesilaus has had given into his hand an argument against the evidence of the senses.
9. Eusebius of Caesarea, Preparation For The Gospel, 14.5.11, 14.6.9 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

10. Augustine, Contra Academicos, 2.13, 3.38 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

11. Stoic School, Stoicor. Veter. Fragm., 1.11-1.12



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
arcesilaus Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245; Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
aristippus Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
aristo of chios Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
augustine Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
biography,of zeno Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
chrysippus Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
cicero,academic scepticism Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
cicero Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
cinaedus Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
clement of alexandria,assimilation of heresy to paganism Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
correctio Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
cybele Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
cyreniacs Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
determinism,dialectic' Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 101
diogenes laertius Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
epictetus Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
epicureans,as eunuchs Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
gnosticism,orthodox criticism of morality of Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
libertinism/license Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
lucian Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
marriage Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
menedemus Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 101
numenius Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
paganism,heresy assimilated to Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
philo of larissa Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
philodemus Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 101
philosophy,positive invocation and use of Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
platonism,platonists Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 101
platonists Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
polemo Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
sedley,david Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
stoicism,orthodox borrowing from Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
stoicism Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 180
stoics,origins of school Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
zeno of citium,biography Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 245
πορνεία Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
ἀδιαφορία Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323
ἀδιαφόρως Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 323